Mexico vs Suriname: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Mexico
0.9574 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Suriname
1.3 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Mexico rank
56th
Suriname rank
53rd
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Mexico
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 1.3 hectares per tonne against 0.9574 hectares per tonne in Mexico, a difference of 0.3426 hectares per tonne.
That makes Suriname's figure about 1.4 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Suriname ahead.
Mexico ranks 56th and Suriname ranks 53rd of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 4 and Suriname in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9348 hectares per tonne | 2.33 hectares per tonne | 1.39 hectares per tonne | Suriname |
| 1970s | 1.58 hectares per tonne | 2.19 hectares per tonne | 0.6031 hectares per tonne | Suriname |
| 1980s | 1.7 hectares per tonne | 1.6 hectares per tonne | 0.0996 hectares per tonne | Mexico |
| 1990s | 1.4 hectares per tonne | 1.22 hectares per tonne | 0.1849 hectares per tonne | Mexico |
| 2000s | 1.36 hectares per tonne | 1.15 hectares per tonne | 0.2154 hectares per tonne | Mexico |
| 2010s | 1.12 hectares per tonne | 0.8953 hectares per tonne | 0.2243 hectares per tonne | Mexico |
| 2020s | 0.9441 hectares per tonne | 0.9494 hectares per tonne | 0.0053 hectares per tonne | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil, Mexico or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 1.3 hectares per tonne against 0.9574 hectares per tonne in Mexico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Mexico and Suriname?
- 0.3426 hectares per tonne, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Suriname?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Mexico and Suriname rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Mexico ranks 56th and Suriname ranks 53rd of 59 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Area of coconut crops harvested to produce a tonne of coconut oil. This metric is the inverse of oil yields, and represents the amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow a given crop to produce one tonne of oil.